ETCHMIADZIN, FEBRUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians will leave for Paris on February 17 where he will take part in the official opening ceremony of the year of Armenia in France and the first diocesan deputies' meeting. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness will leave on a Pastor visit for India on February 22. During the ten-day visit His Holiness will be in the cities of Delhi, Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, will visit the RA Embassy, have meetings with representatives of the Armenian community. His Holiness will meet with the heads and students of the Calcutta Philanthropical Academy. The Catholicos of All Armenians will also visit Armenian sanctuaries, including one of the most ancient Christian churches of the East, the Surb Hovhannu Karapet Armenian Church of Chinsurah. Official meetings are also envisaged during the visit. Archbishop Aghan Paliozian, the Australia and New Zealand Armenian Diocese Primate, Friar Vardan Navasardian, the Mother See monk, Priest Ktrich Devejian and Friar Hovnan Hakobian will accompany His Holiness during the visit to India.

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